Democratization in Africa 1990-2010: an assessment
In: Democratization, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 275-311
ISSN: 1351-0347
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In: Democratization, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 275-311
ISSN: 1351-0347
Grounded in empirically-based country case studies, this new study provides a sober assessment of what decentralisation can achieve. The current momentum for decentralisation of government in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world is unparalleled, but are the benefits claimed by its advocates being realised? Focusing on two claims in particular, this book questions whether decentralisation does offer a significant pathway out of poverty and conflict in Africa. Issues of poverty reduction are addressed in Uganda, Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania, while those of conflict management are explored in Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda.
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In: Review of African political economy, Band 23, Heft 67
ISSN: 1740-1720
Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics
by Susan E Waltz, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles & London, 1995.
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In: Review of African political economy, Band 21, Heft 59
ISSN: 1740-1720
The Mythology of Modern Lawby Peter Fitzpatrick (London and New York: Routledge), 1992 pp 235 (£12.99).
In: Elgar handbooks in development
Exploring and updating the controversial debates about the relationship between democracy and development, this Research Handbook provides clarification on the complex and nuanced interlinkages between political regime type and socio-economic development. Distinguished scholars examine a broad range of issues from multidisciplinary perspectives across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Analysing the relationship between political regime types, including varieties of democracies and autocracies, and broader development indicators, chapters cover economic growth, poverty and human development, inequality, corruption, conflict, human rights, and environmental sustainability. The Research Handbook examines longstanding and unresolved debates in the field over the past 60 years, as well as investigating contemporary issues of rising global inequalities, the resurgence of authoritarian populism, and the crisis of liberal democracy.
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In: Canadian journal of development studies: Revue canadienne d'études du développement, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 483-502
ISSN: 2158-9100
In: Democratization, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 26-67
ISSN: 1743-890X
In: Democratization, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 26-67
ISSN: 1351-0347
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In: Contemporary Southeast Asia, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 203-229
In: Contemporary Southeast Asia, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 203-229
ISSN: 0129-797X
This article examines the Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia, described as an innovative co-operation arrangement among the Indonesian government, civil society organizations, the private sector and Indonesias international development partners. It inquires into whose agenda prevails. Is there genuine national ownership, with subordination of external activities to locally-devised reform strategies, as claimed? Alternatively, is partnership merely the latest ploy to disguise international intervention and simultaneously accord it greater legitimacy? Such questions are addressed by two means: first, by exploring whether the Partnerships reform agenda coincides with the main challenges to sustained democratization in Indonesia; and secondly, by examining the structure and activities of the Partnership and whether Indonesian or international influences predominate.(Contemp Southeast Asia/DÜI)
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In: Routledge Handbook of Democratization
In: Africa Spectrum, Band 58, Heft 1, S. 89-105
ISSN: 1868-6869
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In: Politics & gender, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 427-453
ISSN: 1743-9248
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